Nógrád 3 - 0 Bausz (383896821)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 33877 had shown up at Libalegelő for the match. Sami Hattunen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roman Francuz and Luc Lhuissier. Nógrád decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. They fielded: Lőwy - Gorell, Orosz, Tandrup, Szalai, Mogyorós - Futó, Mecskó, Teilmann, Árgyélus - Iványi.

Bausz had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Modde - Hristu, Dalgas, Bulatovskiy, Bot - Rajhona, Carvalhinho, Raviolotti - Klemmensen, Versari, Temmerman.

Nógrád were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Bausz saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Nógrád had a good opportunity to take the lead as L. Futó came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of S. Modde. Nógrád took the lead 39 minutes in, as L. Iványi broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. After 40 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. Orosz gave the Nógrád supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The players of Nógrád now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. L. Iványi wanted to play on, but the Nógrád coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 44 minutes into the game by C. Bäron. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Nógrád had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

The coach of Nógrád was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 65 minutes, V. Kiss came on for P. Teilmann. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Nógrád, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Nógrád's C. Bäron had an excellent opportunity after 69 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! C. Bäron's lightning pace was too much for O. Dalgas who could only look on as the Nógrád player blasted one home. 3 - 0. Nógrád were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. M. Orosz always provides an aerial threat at corners, and with 81 minutes gone, he demonstrated this, outjumping his marker, then letting out an anguished howl as his powerful header went narrowly wide. Nógrád claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 78 percent.

The most dominating Nógrád player was without a doubt V. Kiss. M. Orosz was a disappointment, however. Bausz's top performer was clearly L. Klemmensen. On the other hand, H. Bot's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.